Free Science Fiction Short Stories

Free science fiction short stories are easy to find on the internet...
It's the quality of the story that you have to worry about.
I know that there are loads of free science fiction stories out there - which is where BestScienceFictionStories.com comes in.
Most of the science fiction short stories I review are available online for free,
because then I can easily put a link in the review and you can just click on it and read the story (if that is your desire.)

If the story has been published in a book or high profile science fiction magazine then it will be harder to find online for free -
the sames goes for short stories by famous authors.
The good news is that several stories that have won major science fiction awards, like the Hugo or Nebula, are often available for free,
and several contemporary authors offer some of their stories for free too.

And, finally, don't forget that free does not always mean online - you can find free science fiction short stories in other places too,
such as your local library or through a book exchange program, but they usually take a little bit of work.

So, if you like doing your own detective work to find the best free science fiction short stories then good luck!
If not, then let me do all the searching and tell you how to find and read the best stories.

Here is a list of free science fiction short stories featured on this site:

Kathryn Cramer is not an author I’ve read before, and I figured it was high time I review another story by a female writer. It sounds like she knows science fiction quite well, however, as her small bio at the end of the story states that “She is a science-fiction editor and writer currently editing the Year’s Best SF series with her husband, David G. Hartwell.” So, yeah, I figured she knew a thing or two about SF stories. But how is her writing, hmm? That is the million dollar question!continue reading "You, in emulation by Kathryn Cramer"

What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten? I have eaten dog – more than once – when I lived on some small islands in the Pacific! (I wasn’t a big fan of it, by the way.) Today’s 2 stories have a bit of a theme: eating humans. Hmm… maybe you shouldn’t read them during your lunch hour! continue reading "Flash Fiction Friday: Feasts of Succulent Humans"

Wattpad can be a great place to find new and engaging science fiction works from authors all over the world. Sometimes, even the shortest of stories could have a profound impact on the lives from those whom the story is read. For a single page short, “Once Upon a Time… Nothing Happened” says more than what the author has delivered. What makes this extremely short story so compelling to those that read its text? continue reading "Once Upon a Time… Nothing Happened"

Do you like hot dogs? I’ll admit it – I do, even though they aren’t the best food for me to eat. I especially love to load them up with condiments like ketchup, mustard and dill relish – yum! But what if one of those condiments was a biological poison? Not only would that suck, but then this tasty treat could be used as a form of weapon – which would suck even more! One of today’s stories deals with that very scenario – and the results are quite interesting!continue reading "Flash Fiction Monday: Dead Automatons and Spice Loving Aliens"

The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution by A.C. Wise is not a story about smut. It’s not about far-future pleasure, either. It’s a story about endings, about history in the making, about one war seen in many different ways. It’s about the Moebius-strip shape of human history and human shame.